Can-body-side-seaming machine.



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HARRY C. H. WALSH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CONSOLIDATED PRESS AND TOOL COMPANY, OF OF ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A; CORPORATION.

- CAN-BODY-SiDE-SEAMING MACHINE.

Specificetion of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application and September n, 1904. seen 80- 324.1%.

of which the following is a specihca'tion, ref

ings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to the formation of can-bodies, and particularly to an automatic performance of the operations by which the sheet of metal for making such bodies is handled automatically through the several steps involved in forming and completing the longitudinal side seam and delivering the completed body.

It consists of the features of construction set out in the chains.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top lan of a i 2 is a side elevation having part of the inc osing casing broken out to disclose the interior structure. Fig. 3 is a. delivery end elevation with theinclosing casing sinilarly' broken away. Fi .4 is a section at the line 4 4 on Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section at the line 5 5 on Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 6 is a section at the line 6 6 on Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is'a transverse section of the horn and folding devices at the same lane as Fig. 6, showing the parts nearly olded up and on a larger scale than Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail section at the line 8 8 on erence being had to the accompanying draw Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a section, at the line 9 9 on Fig. Fig. 10 is a section at the linelO 10 on Fig. 4. Fi 11 is a detail section at the line 11 11 on ig. 1. Fig. 12 is a section ,at the line 12 12 on Fig. 2. Fig. 13 is an inner side elevation of a. portion of operating parts of the right-hand edger removed from the carriers. Fig. 14 is a section at the line 14 14 on Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 15 is a detail section at the line 15 15 on Fig. 5. I

In this machine the sheet for foririn a. can-Body when fed into the machine is ta en by a step-by-step-feeding device and advanced through the machine by steps, halting after each step for some process to be performed on it, a new sheet l eing received at each step and following tehind the preceding, so that at each step .after the machine "is fully charged a completed can-tody is de livered, everyone of the several processes necessary-to the complete operation being lanlis contained in the machine at the intervaifollowing each step of feed movement or in such feeding movement. The parts which act directly upon the blank for performing these several processes are in general exposed above the tatle on which the blank is lodged, and the power-communicating parts of the mechanism are in general Lelow that table.

'I he machine preferably and as represented in the drawings com rises a cabinet standard or frame A, which mcloses the power-communicating mechanism s below the level of the table I, which forms the top of what is called the cabinet standard or frame A. I In 1 this standard there is journaled a drivingan convenient manner, as by a belt over the pu ley 3 on said shaft 2. Abroad pinion 4 on the shaft 2 meshes with both the equal gearwheels {5 and 7 (the wheel 7 being also a camwheelYon parallel shafts 8 and 9, also extendar frame. The two shafts 8 and Qare thus revolved synchronously in the same direction, and from these two shafts all the process-performing movements of the mechanrespect to each other by the synchronous movement of said shafts. On the top of the table there are mounted curved guides 5 5 forthe forward edge of the blank, which cause it to lod e on the feed-bars in advance of the forwar -feeding teeth 17, hereinafter mentionedfand for stopping the blank laterally there are also mounted on the table lat eral ga cs 13 13, adjustable to accommodate thewi th of the blank, and outside these gages are upstanding In S 12 12, in which there is mounted a to 11, on which is ing the blanks to the tab 0( mprises a skeleton frame 10, mounted, as stated, at the forward end on the rod 11 and having several (as illustrated, three) springs 14 14 14 distributed in its length under the -middle bar of the skeleton frame and interosed between the same and a sheetrmetal Foot piece or shoe 15, which is curved up at l the forward end and secured to the skeleton performed upon some one ot the sheets or shaft 2, to which power is communicated in in transversely and journaled in the standism are derived and are perfectly timed with mounted one end of a sprin -presser for hold-.

E2 and. within the grasp of the feeding devices. fThisprcsser blank for the longest body to be handled in p the frameabove but relatively near its said sponding to the feed strokeand sufficient to the cross-bar in a longitudinal slot for adjustframe and extends rearward past the edging devices hereinafter described. The presser frame 10 is held at its rear end by attachment to the cross-head 91,hereinafter described, which pertains to the folding and seam-clenching devices. Detent-dogs 18 18 are pivoted to the skeleton frame 10 at opposite sides and at suitable intervals longitudinally to engage the sheets to preventtheir retraction by the friction of the feed-bars or of their feed-dogs as they are retracted under the sheet at each action. These dogs accomplish this function of reventing retraction of the blanks by being slightly inclined onward as they extend downward from their pivots to their acute points for engaging the upper surface of the sheets. The feeding devices comprise a cross-head 20, reciprocated for giving the feeding movement, as hereinafter described, and havin connected to it rigidly two laterally-situate feed-bars 21 21 and an intermediate uide bar 21 for carrying other feeding evices at the delivery side, as hereinafter explained, all ofsaid bars being lodged in longitudinal slots in the table. Said lateral feed-bars have spring-protruded feeding-dogs 17 17 lodged in the bars and adapted to disappear below their surface as the bars are retracted and the teeth drawn back under the sheet, being held up .protruded in the feeding movement for eng ement with the sheets by s rings 1Q 16. gee Fig. 11.) These feedingogs are distributed in the length of the feed-bars at intervals correaccommodate between consecutive teeth a the machine. The feeding movement of the feed bars is derived from a cam 22, having a face cam-groove 22", in which is enga ed an abutme nt-roll-23, mounted on the si e of a slide-link 24, which is guided on the shaft 8 for longitudinal reciprocation b T means of the slot 24 in'said slide-link, the orward end of the slide-link being pivotally connected to the lower end of a lever 126, fulcrumed on lower end, the lon er arm of the lever projectirrg upward an having its upward end pivotally connected by the link 127 to the cross-bar 20, said connection being made b means of a clip 128, which is enga ed wit ment and secured at adjusted osition by the adjusting-screw 129. (See Figs. 5 and 15.) This adjustable connection, it will be "seen, constitutes means for setting the feed-bars, so that the feedingdogs shall at the com letion of their feeding stroke leave the blan in exactl the, right position for action of the l -devices which are to operate upon it in the several processes of the whole operation.

It will be understood that the form of the cam-groove 22 is such as to give the feeding protrudes from .t

devices their proper feeding stroke in a predetermined relatively short portion of the rotation of the shaft 8, the groove being concentric about the shaft during the reater part of its source for holding the blan s stationary during the processes which are performed upon them. The first of these processes is edging or flangin the edges of the sheets preparatory to mal ing the interlocking side seam. For this process there are mounted in the frame and extend up through the table, suitably apertured for that pur ose at opposite sides of the path of the b ank alon the table, the right and left edgers, which are shown in detail in Fig. 4 and in Figs. 9 and 10. These edgerseachcomprise a casing or carrier 25 and edging or fianging mechanism mounted in these carriers, re-

spectively, the carriers bein identical in construction, but the containe mechanisms being different for turning the flanges at the opposite edges of the blanks toward the opposite sides. These mechanisms derive action from eccentrics 26 and 27 on the shaft 8, and the entire edgers, including the carriers 25 and their contained and carried mechanisms, are made adjustable laterallythat is, transversely with respect to the path of the blank through the machineto accommodate the width of the blanks to beoperated upon corres onding to the circumference of the canbodies to be formed. For the purpose of suchlateral adjustment the carriers 25 are provided with guide-flanges 28 28 at their opposite sides, which are engaged in correspondi ways formed in the front and rear edges 0 the table-apertures through which the edgers protrude, said ways being prefer- I ably made, as seen in Figs. 9 and 10, by rabbeting the edges of the tabla-apertures and securing retaining plates or lips 29 29, formin the upper guard-flange of the slot or way wl ich accommodates the guide-flanges 28. For thus adjusting the edgers transversely the carriers 25 have each at their outer side a socketeil boss 303% which a feeg-screlw 31 is rotatab y e a e y a pin 32 ta ing t roug i a groove 33 The thread of the screw engages threaded boss on a bearing-plate 34 on the frame A. Sto -screws 35 35 are set through thebearing-p ate 34 against the carriers and may be tightened to make them rigid in adjusted position.

The edging or flanging mechanism of the right-hand edger will first be described. It comprises an up er jaw 37, which is pivoted at 37 on inward 1y;-prot1*uding bosses 25 and e hanging the lateral portion ofthe path of the blank. A spring 70, tensioned by a screw 72 inner side thereof, overand acting through a plunger 71 a ainst the L 1 jaw above its fulcrum, tends to. ho d it nor- A lower jaw 38 is mounted rigidly on short brackets 39 39; projecting from the inner.

,mally swung up off the blank, as in Fig. 4.

' edges of the carrier 25, the upper surface of jaw 37.

said lower jaw being flush with the upper surface of the table on which the blank is lodgedand held by the presser. The u per aw 37 has mounted in its upper edge a ove its fulcrum antifriction-rolls 40 40, which protrude at their outer side beyond the correspondin surface of the .jaw, so as to be encountered y means hereinafter described for carrying the upper end of said jaw inward, whereby it is rocked over its fulcrum 37" and its operatingface is depressed and brought para lel with the upper face of the fixed jaw or gripping the bla between said two faces. The upper jaw is operated for the grippin action above described by the means whic 1 also operates the flanging devices. This means consists of a vertically-reciprocating plunger 41, connected at its lower end by the link or pitman 42 with the eccentric '26. This plunger is guided vertically in the carrier 25 by means of its flanges 41 engaging in the guideways 25 of the carrier at the lower art. The upper terminal lug 41 of the plunger 41 has on its inner face the slight upraise or protrusion 41 (see Fig. 4,) which at the extreme upper position of the plunger is above the antifriction-rolls 40 40, respec tively",-= and as the plunger descends encounters said rolls, and thereb T rocksthe jaw 37 over its fulcrum, as described for the clamping movement. In order to reinforce the carrier and relieve its guideways of the strain imposed by this clamping action, there is provided a reinforcing-rod 46, which extends across the carrier at the outer side ofthc upper end and carries antifriction-rolls 46 1 opposite the antifriction-rolls 40 40 of the (See Fig. 4.) In the carrier '25 there is mounted a chair 49 for the Hangingrocker '48. This chair has a spindle 50, which 1 extends into a socket in the stem of the plunger 41, wherein it is subject to the action of a coil-spring 51, coiled around said stem within the socket and stopped at one end bv the terminal disk 49, secured to the end ofthc stcmand extending flangewise circumferentially beyond said stenuand at the other end by the tension-adjusting stop-sleeve 52, which is screwed into the upper end of the socket and secured by a. jamnut 53. thus held yieldingly against upward movement with respect to the plunger 41, and it is positivelv stopped in the direction of the thrust of the spring by the terminal disk 49",:

. reaching the stop-shoulder 49 at the lower end of the socket. guided for vertical movement by the rods 43 43, screwed into itsupper end and extending out through the top, plate 25 of the carrier 25, their protruding ends being threaded for stop-nuts 44 44, which plav'to the bottom of the sockets provided for them i plate 25 and in the bosses 25 on. the top serve thereby to stop the movement of the The chair 49 is The chair 49 is further chair in the descent of the carrier, for a purroc-ker is fulcrumed in the upwardly-extending wings 49 of the chair 49 at a position such that its lower flange-turning edge 48" overhan s the space into which too ed e of the blan B protrudes for forming the ilhnge when the plunger is at the highest position. This rocker at its outer side has a semicylindrical terminal lip 48, which engages a corresponding groove or seat 54 in a controllingbar 54, which is bolted fast to the plunger 41 and extends longitudinally between the wings 49 of the chair 49. 'The fixed jaw 38 has a li 38*" at the outer sile, which overhangs t 1e u per surface of the body of the chair 49, am it is beyond the edge of this lip that the bgank B protrudes to form the flange, the ip being at its upper face flush with and continuing the upper surface of the jaw and its lower surface making an acute angle with its upper surface, but blunted at the angle to avoid cutting the metal, the angle in question being that at wlxich it is found desirable to fold the flange for proper interlocking of the flanges to form the seam, as hereinafter described. At the posiiiJn of rest (shown in Fig. 4) tliat is, when the plunge-r41 is at its highest positionthe upper surface of the Hanging-lip 48 of the flanging-rocker is inclined to the plane of the blank at an angle somewhat less acute than the angle of the lip 38 for reasons which will appear as the action of the flanging-rocker is considered. The operation of this device is that when atthe proper time in the rotation of the shaft 8 the eccentric 26 draws downward the )lunger 41 the first portion of said downward move-' ment causes the jaw 37 to be rocked for g clamping the blank between the two jaws, such rocking being caused, as described, by the encounter-of the upraise 41 of the plungcr against the rolls 40 40 at the upper end of the jaw 37. The blank being thus gripped firmly with its margin projecting beyond the lip for forming the flange, the further downward movement of the plunger causes the edge 48 of the rocker 4S, encountering the overhanging marginal portion of the blank, to fold it down at right angles to the plane of gripping-fat es of the jaws while the said ed e p is passing that plane. In this action he chair 49 is carried bodily with the plunger. and the spring 51 is of sullitient stillness to resist any material upward yielding of the i chair with respect to the plunger, so that the folding action described is substantially positively performed. The adjusting-nuts 4-1 are set with their lower cnd'at such distance from the bottom of the pocket 25, in which 5 they are accommodated, or from plane of the upper surface of,the cap 25*, to permitthe requisite amount of descending movement before the chair is stopped. \Vh'en it is thus stopped, the further descending moveme nt pose hereinafter explained. The flangingof the plunger 49, carrying downward the outer lip 48 of the rocker 48, rocks the latter about its fulcrum in the chair, carrying the flanging-lip 48 relatively upward and inward and from the position to which it has been allowed to descend before the stop-nuts 44 encounteredtheir stop. Such rocking movement carries the upper face of said lip inward against the downturned flange and presses said flange against the inclined under face of the lip 38, setting the flange thus at an acute angle to the lower surface of the blank. The continued rotation of the shaft 8 past thepoint at which the plunger is at the lowest position carrying the plunger upward, releases the blank from the grip of the jaws and the flange from the grip of the rocker, so that the blank is free to be moved onward b the next feeding movement, while the shat continues its rotation on around to the starting-point during such feeding movement.

e left-hand edger is constructed for scribed with respect to the plunger 41 in the other carrier and is operated for vertical reciprocation in a similar way by a link or pitman 42, which connects it with theveccentric 27. The two eccentrics 26 and 27 have their eccentric centers at diametrically o posite positions with respect to the axis 0 the shaft 8, so that when one plunger is. at its highest position the other is at its lowest posit-ion, and the operative movements of the plunger 61 are performed in its upward movement for turning the flange upward as those of the plunger 41 are performed in the downward movement for turning the flange downward. The jaw 57-, corresponding to the jaw 37 of the other edger, is fulcrumed at 57 in' the carrier 25, said carrier having its side walls provided with inwardly-extending bosses 25 to afford pivot-bearing for the jaw. (See Fig. 10.) antifriction-rolls 40 40 for encounter by an upwardly-extending wing 61 of the plunger 61 to rock the jaw over its fulcrum and cause it to grip the blank in the first upward movement of the plunger, and the jaw has an upwardly-extending tongue 67 which is ex posed to the action of a spring 70 through the plunger 71 for retracting the jaw. The lower jaw 58 at the left-hand side of the table has its lateral edge at right angles to the u per face; but the upper jaw 57 has upon t1? inner side a lip 57', corresponding to the lip 38 of the lower jaw at the opposite side and having its upper surface at a similarly achte angle to the lower face and similarl blunted. The rocker 68 in this left-hand e ger is fulcrumed in the wings 69 of the chair 69 and This jaw has at its inner side has at the outer side its semicylindrical head or l.p 68 situated so that it is lodged upon the semicylindrical lip 74 of the controllingbar 74, mounted on the plunger 61. The spring 51 in this edger operates to yieldingly thrust the chair 69 upward relatively to the plunger, and 'such upward movement is stopped by the sto -disk 69, secured to the lower end of the p unger-stem, encountering the shoulder 69* at the upper end of the socket. The adjustable stop-rods 63 63 are threaded at the upper part and screw through the top plate 25 of the carrier 25. They are reduced below a limited threaded portion and extend down through the pivot-bosses 25 so that their lower ends overhang the bearings in the chair 69 of the Hanging-rocker 68. In the upper side of said bearings there are set two contact-buttons 68 for making the contact with the lower end of the stoprods when the plunger has been lifted to carry the flanging-lip 68" of the rocker up past the lip 57* of the upper jaw for folding the marginal portion of the blank upward in the flange at right angles to its surface, and when such encounter has occurred the continued upward movement of the carrierthe chair and rocker being stoppedagainst further upward movement-causes the rocker, actuated at its outwardly-extending semicylindrical head or lip 68 by the Ii 74 of the controlling-bar 74, to be rocked a out its fulcrum, carr ing its flanging-lip inward and down and fol ing the flange, which has been turned upward by the upward movement, down inward about the lip 57 of the upper jaw at an angle determined by the corresponding angle of said lip and of the under face of the Hanging-lip of the rocker, being substantially the same angle as that at which the opposite flange is turned to the under surface of the blank. The con:

tinued rotation of the shaft 8 releases the blank from the gripping-jaws and the fla e from the grip of the rocker upon the lip of the upper jaw, ,so that the blank is free at this side at the same time that it becomes free at the other side for the next onward feeding movement.

The nextstep feed movement of the blank taking it out from the edgersbrings it into position intermediate the edgers and the orn and folders, so that at the second step no action is performed upon the blank; but a second blank being brought in to the edgers is subjected to their action, as above described, while the first blank rests idly intermediate the edgers and the horn. The third step movement carries the first blank on which the flanges have been turned by the edgers into the third position, where it lies extended above thejolders and between the horn andithe gripper, by which, as herein- 'after explained, it is'clamped against the a horn at the under side while being folded.

The construction of the horn and folders terlockin the seam will now be ex Zained.

The horn comprises a rigid mid 1e portion or back piece 90, which is carried rigid y by the cross-bar 91, which extends from side to side across the machine above the bed, being itself carried by being bolted ri idly at the ends to the uprights 92 92, whic i are bolted at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the table 1. The horn back piece at its lower side extends to within a Very short distance-slightly more only than the thickness of the metal to be operated upon-of the p ane of the u per surface of the table on which the blanli is advanccd,.and the crossbar 91 at its forward side has a boss 91, (see Fig. 5,) which is sloped down from a distance above said p ane to the level of the lower side of the horn for insuring the entrance of the blank under the horn. To the back piece 90 of the horn the segmental cylindrical wings 94 94 are hinged near the lower part of the back and at the lower ed e of said wings.

(See Figs. 6 and 7.) The hinge connection and dimensions of the wings permit them to colla se inward and swing outward sufficient v for reief from the body of the can af ter it has been engaged at the seam to permit the can to be withdrawn. To support the lateral ed ges of theblank on which the flanges have'been formed as the blank enters under the horn and over the clamp 95, bracketguides 96 97 are secured upon the upper side of the table. and said brackets are adjusted laterally with upstanding guide-flanges 96, separated by the distance necessary to acourately accommodate the blank. with its.

flanged edges. These brackets are formed with the ledges 98 98, the former having its upper face in the plane of the blank-supporting table or under surface of the blank and the latter being enough lower to hold the body of the blank at the )roper plane in View of the fact that. the undcrturned flan e lodges upon said' ledge. (See Fig. 6.) t this stage of the process the wings 94 94 of the horn are held at position shown in Fi 6. so that the horn is collapsed to somet'ing less than the inner diameter of the can. For holding the wings in this position there is bolted to each of them on the inner side a plate 99, haying an oblique cam-finger 99, trending inward-that is, toward the pane of the vertical diameter-and the back piece 90 is apcrtured at 90 to admit across-head L00, carried on a stem 1:00, which extends longitudinally through the back piece toward the forw ard end and on forward'through the hollow bolt or sleeve 10], which secures the back piece 90 to the cross-bar 91. The stem 100", emerging from the forward end of the bearing-s'ecve or hollow bolt 101, is engaged by a lever 10;, fucrumedon a bracket 91', moi'inted on the cross-bar 91, said Engagement being effected adjustablybetween the nuts 100 100 on the end of the stem 100, which is threaded for that purpose. The u per end of the lever 102 at the opposite s! e of its fulcrum from its engagement with the stem 100 has an abutment-roll 102, which traves in a cam-groove 103, formed in a bracket-arm 103, rigid with and jutting forward! from the forward side of the s idin cross-head 93. This cross-head is guide vertically by the en agement of its ends in the parallel-sided guideways 92", formed in the uprights 92 at the upper art, and is con nected outside said uprights y the links 104 104 with eccentrics 9, keyed fast on the ends of the shaft 9 outside its bearin s in the cabinet-frame. The sliding crosslead 93 carries adjustably but rigidly mounted upon it at the middle point in its width, in position to overhang the upper edge of the back piece 90 of the horn, a clencher-head 105, which carries in its lower end a suitable terminal vertically-adjustable clenching-punch 106 for clenching together the interlocked flames of the can-body to form the side seam, and said upper side of the back piece 90 of the horn carries a corresponding clenching'die 90 to cooperate with the punch 106 in clenching the seatn.

For gripping the blank to the back or under side of the back piece 90 and for carrying the folders by which the blank is to be folde about the horn there is rovided a plunger 108, which is mounted or vertical reci rocationon a bracket 109 on the frame, w 'ch has at the upper end the gripperjaw 95 and at its lower end an antifnction-roll 108", by L which it is stepped upon the upper side of a cam 9 on the shaft 0, which as the shaft rotates thrusts the plunger up and permits it to descend at diametrically opposite points, at which the diameter of the cam changes between portions of lesser and greater radius. In the opposite sides of the plunger 108 there are retained and guided Vertically plungers 110'110, whose up er ends are connected by links 111 111 with the folders 107 107, respectively, which. are fulcrurned at 107 at the upper end of the lunger 108, the connection of the links 111 an folders being at asuitable distarice outward from the fulcrurrrs of the folders to cause the upward thrust of the links derived through the plungeis 110, as hereinafter described, to fold the 'links upward and toward each other to embrace the horn; The plungers 110 carry at their lower ends abutlnent'rolls 110, which take into the camgrooves I12 and 113 in the proximate faces of the facing cam-wheels 7 and 1 13, mounted on the shaft 9 at opposite sides of the cam 9 The cam-grooves are shaped so as to thrust up the plungers 110 and retract them in proper time for folding and unfolding the elders to round up the ca -body about the horn and. release it for de ivery as hereinafter more particularly described. In order to prevent the thrust of the plungers 110 by the cams 112 and 113 causing-the plunger 108 to be lifted or depressed without regard to the form of its controlling-cam 9 and also to provide means to insure its retraction downward, said plunger 108 is provided with an arm 108", which reaches around the cam 9 and at a point below the cam carries a short plunger 108, thrust upward by a spring 108 reacting between said plunger and a plug 108 set through the lower end of the arm 108, and carrying at the upper end a roll 108, which bears against the cam 9 at a point diametrically opposite to the bearing of the roll 108. The spring 108" permits the plunger 108 to be forced back in its socket when the rotation of the cam requires the rolls 108 and 108 to be spread; but said .spring is sufficiently strong to prevent any frictional lifting action of the plungers 110 on the plunger 108.

The operation of the devices for closin up the can-body and engaging and clenc ing the seam is as followszDuring the feeding stroke of the feed-bars the horn and folders and the clencher-head and the connected and o erating parts stand at rest in the osition s own in Fig. '6. lhe cam 9 and t e camgrooves 112 113 have circular portions concentric with the shaft 9, operating through this stage u on the abutment-rolls 10S and 110. In t 's stage it will be noticed that the slide-head 93 is at highest position and the eccentrics which operate it are rotating through the portion of their orbit at which their centers are passing over the axis of the shaft, causing no effective reciprocation of said slide-head, and the cam-groove 103 is engaged at its lower part by the abutment 102 of the lever 102, so that the cam-plate 100 on the stem 100 is at its most forward position and by its engagement with the obique fingers 99 of lugs 99 holds the wings 94 of the horn at their most closely-folded or collapsed position. Upon the completion of the coding movement and the commencement of the retracting movement of the feedbar the cam 9 stands with the upraise or slope from the part of the lesser to that of the greater radius at 9 ready to encounter the roll 10L 1, and simultaneously with the commencement of the retracting movement the cam 9 thrusts upward the plunger 108 and causes the gripper 05 ,in the upper end of said plunger to grip the blank to the .back or under side of the back piece 90 of the horn. At the same time the camrooves 112 l13--one a little later than t e other, for

reasons hereinafter explained-commencing and thereafter continuing to thrust up the plungers 110 and fold the folders 107 111) against the blank lying o'utspread over thelr extremities (see Flg, 6)' carry up the two sides oi the blank as they thus fold and wrap them about the horn. Cam-wheels 7 and 113 are set so that the cam-groove of the latter is a little in advance of that of the horn for causin the folder at that side to fold up the side 0 the blank having the outwardlyturned flange in advance of the other side, so that they may not collide fold to fold, but pass by each other for snapping into engagement. This folding action continues until at the climax or completion of said movement caused by the upthrust of the plungers 110 the two flanges at the edges of the blank are carried past each other and snap into engagement. During the latter part of this foldingmovement the slide-head 93 has been descending, and by the time the climax of the folding movement is reached, as above described, the abutment-roll on the lever 102..having traversed the lower strai ht part of the cam-groove 103 in thebrac at 103, which has been descending with the slide-head, passes in the inclined portion of said cam-groove, and while the cam which operates the folders, having passed the climax, of its movement, is commencing to retract the folders outward slightly the continued descent of the slide-head 93 and bracket 103 causes said inclined portion of the cam-groove 103' to draw forward the cam-plate 100, spreading the wings 94 and causing them thus to follow the outward movement of the folders, but more rapidl than the latter, so that they overtake the olders, carrying the two sides of the can-body apart and drawing their interlocked flanges into complete engagement by the time thelimit of the spreadmg movement of the wings is completed by the abutment-roll on the lever 102 traversing the entire length of the inclined ortion of said cam-groove. By the time t is movement is completed and while the abutmentroll takes the upper straight portion of the cam-groove the slide-head continues to descend and brings the clencher-punch 106 down onto the outer lapped of the flanged edges of the blank and continuing still to descend flattens the flanges one within the other, their change from oblique to flat causing them to slide each at the edge upon the op osed face of the blank and to be thus 1nter ocked as they are flattened. The clencherdie 90 has a recess 90 in position on its up per face directly beneath the fian es which are to form the seam, and as these anges are thus flattened and clenched the entire seam is sunken in the recess 90 b the continued descent of the clencher-hea and the outer surface of the can is left substantially flush, the entire protrusion of the seam being within, as is desirable in order that when the heads of the can are applied their flanges may fit and make perfect contact about the entire circumference. vDurin the clenching process-that is throu hout t c completion of the descent v inward or collapsing the wings 94.

capes upper position, to which they have been moved by the respective cams, said cams having roper concentric portions to hold them fixe in such position while the seam is 5 clenched and sunken. Upon the completion of this clenching and sinking action the folders are withdrawn by the action of their con trolling-cams, and a little later the plunger 108 is also withdrawn. At the same time the continued ascent of the slide-head carrying the bracket 103 and bringing the deflection of its cani-groove-1O3 to the abutment-roll 102 causes the cam-plate 100 to be pushed inward in theback piece of the horn, drawing The canbody is now free for removal from the horn for withdrawing it simultaneously with the advancing ofthe next following blank into position under the horn. The feed-b'ar 21,

2o protruding at the delivery side of the machine,

1s provided w1th arms 116, having springcatches 116 hooked ratchetwise at their forward ends and adapted to pass at opposite sides of the can-body on the horn in the retracting movement of the bar and at the limit of said movement to engage by its hooked ends with the can-body at opposite sides, so that upon the next feeding or rear- .ward movement of the feed-bars it will draw body having been released from all detention in the initial (part of said feeding movement is thus remove Asthe feeding movement proceeds the can-body is drawn off from the born 3 5 and drops from between the fingers 116 into any receptacle or chute that maybe provided. The adjustment of the engagement of the lever 102 with the stem 100 of the cam-plate 100 is designed for the purpose of adapting 40 the horn to operate properly with can-bodies varyingslightly in diameter, for it will be understood that the maximum ex ansion of the horn by the outfolding of the wings must corres ond to the inner diameter of the can- 5 b0 y, the range of movement of the wings being sufficient to interlock the flanges, but being performed-closer to or farther from the middle section of the horn, accordin to the adjustment effected by means of t e nuts date and hold blanks of ifl'erent thickness, it is mounted with vertical adjpstabilityin the u per end of the plunger 108, (see Fig. 6,) and 5 5 a ustment is provided for by means of a .ta-

pering key 115, (see Fig. 5), plungefand engaged at its end 115' by the adjusting-screw 117-the screw which is screwed inward and outward for withdrawing and thrusting inward the key to raise or lower the gripper-jaw 95. Fromthepositioii of this jaw in the middle of the width of the path of the blank it is penetrated by the feed-bar 21, (see Figs. 5 and 6,) and the aperture in thegripper through set through the the can-body off from the horn, and said can' In order to adjust the ripper to accommoexposed hooked which this feed-bar extends is elongated vertically to allow both for the vertical adjustment of the gripper and for the vertical movement of the plunger 108.

I claim-- 1. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a supporting-frame comprising a table on which the blanks are lodged and advanced; two parallel shafts having equal rotary speed extending transverse to the path of advance; feeding devices and edge-Hanging mechanisms actuated by one of said shafts and folding and seam-clenching mechanisms actuated byithe other shaft.

2'. In a machine for the purpose indicated,

in combination with a table, on which the blanks are lodged and advanced, fianging mechanisms mounted in the table at opposite sides of the path of the blank; a feeding device comprising parallel .bars guided for longitudinal reciprocation in the table and having spring-actuated feeding-teeth at intervals in their length corresponding to the longitudinal space allotted to the flangingdevices, and means for reciprocating such bars with a stroke equal to said intervals; a presser overhanging the table between the flanging devices, and detent devices carried by the presser for engaging the upper surface of the blank to prevent its retraction. K 3. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a table on which the blanksare lodged and advanced; feed-bars reciprocating longitudinally in the table and having spring-actuated teeth protruding upward to engage and feed the blanks; an elastically-operating presser overhanging the table; flangmg devices mounted in the table at opposite sides of the path of the blank and of the presser comprisinga fixed up or frame, and a flexible shoe carried by the rame and facing downward I or resting upon the blanks; springs interposed between the frame and shoe and detent devices carried by the presser for engaging the upper surface of the blanlc to prevent retraction of the latter. I 4. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a supporting-frame comprising a table on which the blanks are lodged and advanced; a feeding mechanism for advancing the blanks: a flan ing mechanism comprising a carrier mountet and guided for adjustment transversely to the path oi movement of the blanks; mechanism mounted on the carrier for fia'nging the blank; a shaft on the frame journaled parallel to the movement of adjustment of the carrier having an eccentric extended longitudinally on the shaft, and an element driven by said eccentric for o crating the mechanism on the carrier a dapted tobe moved longitudinally along the eccentric without change of its driving rela tion thereto, and means for givin the carrier its withrespect to the path of the blanks.

transverse movement of a justment 5. In a machine for the pur ose indicated, in combination with a frame a ong which the blanks are advanced; feeding mechanism for advancing the blanks; Hanging mechanism comprising carriers mounted upon opposite sides of the path of the blanks, such carriers being movable transversely to such 'path; means for actuating and guiding them in such transverse movement; actuating devices for said flanging mechanism consisting of eccentries elongated transversely of the path of the blanks; a shaft by which the eccentrics are rotated, and cooperating connections to the flanging mechanisms respectively from the respective eccentrics slidablc longitudinallyof the latter.

6. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a supportin -frame comprising tlie table on which the b anks are advanced; a flan ing mechanism comprisin a carrier mounted in the frame-and fian ing e-' vices mounted in the carrier, such fiangin 1 devices comprisin a clamping-jaw pivoteii on the carrier; a p ungermounted in the carrier for vertical reciprocation; a Hangingrocker and a chair on which it is mounted for its rocking movement, such chair being spring-supported on the lunger; means for stopping the movement of the chair relatively to the carrier in the direction of thrust of the spring which supports the chair, whereby the sprin yields during the further movement of t e p unger after the chair is thus sto ped, the plunger having means on aging the anging-rocker aside from its in crum to rock it about its fulcrum during such further movement of the plunger. i

7. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a su porting-frame comprising a table on whicl i the blanks are advanced, such table having at its lateral ed es lower jaws for gripping the blank; flanging mechanisms mounted on the frame at opposite sides of the path of the blank, each comprising a carrier supported on the frame, and flanging devices mounted in the carrier, said devices comprisin an upper jaw for gripping the blank pivote to the carrier; a-plungermounted for reciprocation in the carrier havmg means for actuating the upper jaw to clamp it toward the'lower jawon the table; a

' flange-folding device; a support for the same comprising a table on which't yiel ingly mounted on the plunger; a stop on the carrier for the yielding action of said supporting-device and means on the plunger engaging said flange-folding device for actuation during the mo gement of the lunger after the supportin device is stopped? 8. In a machine or t e purpose indicated,

in combination with the sup orting-frame lie blanks are advanced, said table having at its lateral V edges fixed "aws forgripping the blanks back of their e es; flanging mechanisms supported out e framemomprising' each a carfulcrume rier mounted on the frame; upper grippingjaws fulcrumed on such carrier; an element reciprocating vertically in the, carrier; a flange-folding device which is carried by such reciprocating element, the means for car ing it comprising two parts mounted on t e reciprocating element, one fixed with res ect to said element and the otherhaving yiel ing movement vertically with respect thereto; means for stopping such yielding movement on the carrier after predetermined limit, the flange-folding device having pivotal connection with its said two carrying parts, respectively, at lines at different distances from the vertical plane of the ed e to be folded.

9. In a machine for t e purpose indicated, in combination with the sup orting-frame comprising a table on which tiie blanks are advanced; a fianging mechanism sup orted on the frame comprising a carrier w iich is rigid with the frame; a plunger mounted for vertical reciprocation in the carrier; the table havin a fixed lower jaw; an upper jaw if on the carrier, one'of said jaws being recessed to form a laterally-protruding lip whose surface 0 posite the gripping-face comprising a table on which the blanks are I advanced; a fl-ange-formin mechanism havin its support fixed wit respect to the ta le comprising a carrier mounted on the table; an u per jaw fulcrumed on the carrier, the tab e having its lateral marginal portion constituting a lower jaw, one of said jaws having a protruding lip whose surface opposite the gripping-face makes an acute angle to said face; a plunger mounted on the carrier, and means for reciprocating it; a

flange-folding device having two pivotal supports on the plunger, one fixed and the other yielding with respect thereto, and means on the carrier for sto ping the yielding movement whilethe otiier movement continues, the foldin device having an edge or face which in e movement resulting from such stoppage is rocked against said surfaceof the protru ing lip. l

11. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with the supportin frame comprising a table; on which t e blan are advanced; Hanging mechanisms support d on the frame at opposite sides of the path of the blank, each comprisingla carrier mounted rigidly with respect to t e table, said table having at its lateralmargins rigid under jaws for grip ing the blanks; upper jaws fulcrumed to t 0 carriers respectively; a plum downward with res ect to the plunger and the other being a apted to yield upward with respect thereto; stop devices on the carriers respectively for limiting said yielding pp g p n -j movement in said opposite directions; the upper aw of the flan ing mechanism comprising the downward y-fyielding folder-support and the lower jaw 0 the opposite flangmg mechanism having a protruding lip over which the flange may be folded at an acute angle to the clamping-face of the jaws, and the folder being adapted in the rockin movement consequent upon the stopping 0 one of its supports to rock over onto such lip for so foldin the flange.

frame comprising the table on which the blanks are advanced, said table having at its lateral margins lower jaws for gripping the blanks; fiangin mechanisms at opposite sides of the tab e com rising each a carrier;

fiilcrumed on the reipectlve carriers overhanging the table-j aws,

e fulcrums bein above and outward from downward and outward to the lower aws n a machine for the purpose indi. cated, In combination with a supportingi (whereby they tend to move outwardly on the surface of the blank in coming to clamping position); plungers mounted in the carl riers for vertical reciprocation; means for ref clprocating the plungers adapted to make 1 their opposite movements simultaneous, said plungers havin means for encountering the jaws in one of tieir said opposite simultaneous movements to give the jaws simul-' taneously such outward clamping movement. 7

13. In a machine for the urpose indicated, in combination with tfie means for supporting and advancing the blanks, a cross-head overhangim the path of the blanks; a horn about which the blanks may be folded carried by the cross-head; a slidehead having slide-supports outside the path of the blanks and extending across said path overhanging the horn, the liorh consisting of a plurality of parts and adapted to be expanded by spreading such parts, the means for expanding the horn comprising a stem which protrudes through the forward end of the horn, a lever fulcrumed on the cross-head and engagin the stem, and the cam-plate, 103, carried Irv the slide-head and engaging the lever.

14. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a horn about which the blank maybe folded havin a fixed member and a member adjustable re atively thereto for expanding the horn; a reciproeating seam-clenching device; means for ac tuating said adjustable member comprising an element connected therewith mounted on the fixed member and protrudin from one end thereof; a cam carried by the reciprocating clenching device; a lever having its fulcrum fixed with respect to the horn engaged by the cam and connected to said protruding element, and means for adjusting it at its connection with said element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses, at Chicago, Illinois, this 27th day of August,

HARRY C. H. WALSH. In presence of J. S. ABBOTT, FREnK. G. FISCHER. 

